Where does “Panic” come from?
Panic derives from French panique, from Latin panicus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives of origin or relation.
Panic (English): Pandean
Definitions
- Pandean
Ancestry of “Panic”, step by step
Panic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via French panique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | panique | panicked; panic; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Middle French | panique | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πανικός | pertaining to Pan |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πᾶν | neuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀπτικός | of or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄψις | view |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄψ | voice; word; eye, face |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | wókʷs | voice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |